Grapple

[Mr. Bloom]

I'm eating my first Grapple...it tastes like a Grape and looks like an Apple...

Why have I never heard of these?

Yum...

[snapdragen]

I've seen them in the store - how do they cross a grape and an apple?

[Mr. Bloom]

I guess the same way they cross and cherry and a tomato?

I'd describe it as a super sweet apple. $4.99 for 4

[Eden]

Oh dude - they shoot those things up with artifical flavors to get that grape taste in there..... I read the lable once, sounded kind of nasty....

[VeloVT]

I thought this was a thread about what I think is actually called "scrapple." Scraps of meat from meat processing, or something like that? I think it's a southern thing, because though I have a vague idea of what it is, I've never laid eyes upon it. I guess you fry it and it has hard core devotees. I think it sounds revolting.

On topic, I might try a grapple.

[Eden]

Scrapple is chopped or ground pork and cornmeal mush, cooked and shaped in a loaf pan, cooled, then sliced and browned in butter to serve. It is a true American specialty of the Pennsylvania Dutch (who called it ponhaws or pawnhaus). It was originally made from ‘scraps' of pork.

one recipe compared it to fried polenta - which actually sounds kind of nice... (better than an artificially grape flavored apple at least...)

[snapdragen]

Of course there is a website:

"Grāpple® brand apples begin as Washington Extra Fancy Fuji Apples. Of all apples this is the one that takes on the grape flavor best.
This Patent Pending process is complex and the ingredient mix primarily includes concentrated grape flavor and pure water. All ingredients are USDA and FDA approved and the process has been licensed by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

There is nothing but flavor being infused into the Fuji apple. The apple takes on no additional sugars or calories. They are not genetically altered in any way.
The apple is as healthy as ever but now has the new exciting grape flavor"

So - do they taste like purple grape juice?

[Mr. Bloom]

uh huh...well, I guess this explains why they squirt when I slice them

After the BIG OIL MAN left, Cousin Pearl went rushing over to Jed's cabin and said "Jed, did you get snookered?" Mr. Silver got snookered

It makes total sense now

Ironically, I was looking for Fuji Apples, but they didn't have Fugi's...and these are way too small to be Fugi's.

Never thought I'd have to read the label on APPLES...caveat emptor

[OakLeaf]

Ewwwwww.

As if I needed another reason not to buy produce packaged in plastic trays.

[bmccasland]

Shop farmer's markets! Not only do you know what you're eating, you get to talk to the grower.

And yes, I do buy produce from my local grocery store too. But I try to buy most at my Farmer's Markets. And thanks to the success of farmer's markets and competition from Whole Foods, my local grocery now stocks organically grown products.

[Andrea]

Shop farmer's markets! Not only do you know what you're eating, you get to talk to the grower.

And yes, I do buy produce from my local grocery store too. But I try to buy most at my Farmer's Markets. And thanks to the success of farmer's markets and competition from Whole Foods, my local grocery now stocks organically grown products.

In Memphis, we've got a chain of produce stores called Easy Way that not only buys from local growers but also imports stuff that doesn't grow nearby (like kiwi and oranges). The stuff there is great and the prices are generally lower than going to the grocery! I've yet to see a grapple there- when I saw those in the regular store, I never paid much attention to them because of the cost & weird factor

[smilingcat]

My we've come a long wayy!!!

My father always insised on making apple pie with bug eaten/chewed apples. He said they were sweeter otherwise bugs wouldn't touch it. There's some truth in that. But grape flavor injected into an apple. THAT IS SOO WRONG!!! Would bugs even taste it??

Along the line, all of you might want to read " Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating" by Jane Goodall (yes the chimp lady). She talks about loss of nutritional value of genetically modified food. I found it hilarious to a point about farm rodents and animals refusing to touch the genetically modified grain/plants. I guess they are smarter us.

yes most all of my grocery comes from farmers market. (Smaller carbon footprint.) Even my occasional beef(bison meat) comes from the farmers market.

smilingcat

[Mr. Bloom]

Unintended consquence:

They fill the room with a sweet grape smell.

A replacement for perfumed potpourri?

[latelatebloomer]

I remember my first encounter with a grapple - I was in the produce section looking for the healthiest choices and I smelled this terrible phony chemical "grape" smell - and there they were. Yet another sign of the apocalypse...

[tulip]

Ever try muscadine grapes? They are the native grape to the southeast US. They are big and round and they have thick skin which is best not eaten (just bite and squirt the inside into your mouth and discard the skin). They taste like grape Crush!

They don't ship well, so I doubt they are available in far off places, but if you can find them, they are a treat.